Salesforce.com
May Be Ready
To Go to Market

False Starts Tripped Up
Much-Anticipated IPO;
Modest Terms Were Set

By

Raymond Hennessey Dow Jones Newswires

Updated June 21, 2004 12:01 a.m. ET

NEW YORK -- After a few false starts, salesforce.com Inc. may finally make it to the public markets.

What began as a much-anticipated initial public offering for salesforce fizzled a month ago when the Securities and Exchange Commission mandated a 30-day cooling-off period, during which time the company couldn't market its IPO. That was prompted by an interview the company's chief executive, Marc Benioff, gave to the New York Times in...